Vernon 2nd Alarm. 03-08-08

2nd alarm in Vernon at 37 South St, Ct on sunday 3/8/08. Two fires accured at this location on this day. These pictures are from the second fire.

Photos by Patrick Dooley

Canterbury, W/F 03-10-08

Around 10am, Canterbury Fire was dispatched to Brooklyn RD for a reported house fire. On arrival they found a fire spreading through out the dwelling. Crew worked the building until command ordered a personnel form the building. They operated for about a hour to get the fire under control, Then for several more for overhaul. M/A from Central Village, Hampton-Chaplin, Mortlake, Scotland.operated at the scene.

House for sale any takers

Yantic car fire 03-06-08

Around 7am Yantic responded to CSC on Winneden RD for a engine compartment fire, On arrival they found the compartment heavily involved with fire extending in to the passengers compartment.

Engine 32 & 33

Gales Ferry Fire/Haz-mat 03-06-08

Gales Ferry and Ledyard responded to a reported fire in a pump house on the grounds of a industrial facility. On arrival they found a small building with smoke coming from it with a small fire within it. Units also found a Burn victim that exited the building. Crews knockdown the fire. During this time C-25 SBFD was requested, Then after investigating the fire building C-26 Haz-mat was requested for acid leak from a battery bank. A worker was burned after a engine for the fire pumps had a failure and blew a hole in the side of it. Crews contained the leak and turned it over to State DEP.

I was requested to remove some of the photo's by the company see letter below.

Dear Firefighter Ladd,
I happen to come across your blog at http://nlcfirephotos.blogspot.com/ and want to say that it certainly reminds folks about how brave and important firefighters are! Just seeing photos of the apartment building fire and car accidents, says volumes about how important fire departments are to the well being of a community. I know that our plant in Gales Ferry appreciated very much the quick and efficient response to the pump house fire we had in March.

I see that you have photos of that event on your blog as well. This is certainly not a reflection of the high respect we have of you and your department, but I am hoping that you will remove the photos for two important reasons: one, we are in an extremely competitive industry and our competitors routinely scan the Internet for information about us and their other competitors. They can determine how we make our products by the layout and type of process equipment we have, information that can be determined through a photograph. This can undermine the competitive edge we bring to the market and the success of our business and operations in Gales Ferry. Secondly, due to heightened chemical plant security, we do not want photographic information about our site broadly available to the those who might use it to breach our security. That is why we have a policy forbidding photographs from being taken on our property without prior consent.

I hope you understand and if I can explain further, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks again for your service to the community and stay safe!

Best regards,

____________________________________________

Rosemarie Rung
Public Affairs Leader
US Small Sites
The Dow Chemical Company
Phone: 603.424.8024
Fax: 603.424.7015
Cell: 603.440.5379
rlrung@dow.com

New London W/F 03-05-08

New London Fire responded to 86 Ledge Rd for a reported building fire. On arrival a Working fire was transmitted. Crews knocked down a Kitchen fire with in mins of arrival. Damage was contained to the apartment.

Taftville, TT unit vs. Pole 03-03-08

Around 11:40 Taftville fire responded to Norwich ave in the area of Jewett City Rd for a TT-unit vs. a telephone pole. On arrival they found the truck of the road up against a broken pole. The driver was able to walk away. During the incident a police officer was struck by a passenger car, He was treated and transported to Backus.

Gales Ferry District. Pin Job 02-27-08

At 08:55hrs - Ledyard, Gales ferry, Ledyard Ambulance and L&M medics to Whalehead Rd at Stone Ct for a 2 car auto accident involving a Ledyard PD cruiser with entrapment. Units found one officer pined in his cruiser. Crews extricated the officer and transported all PTs to the hospital.

Norwich Billy Wilsons 02-23-08

Around 5pm, Norwich Fire Dept. Responded to Broadway (Billy Wilsons saloon) for smoke in the building. Bat-1 arrived Confirming smoke in the main bar area. Crews searched the building and found some debris smoldering in the building.

Niantic Rollover, 02-12-08

Niantic at 1:30pm on Feb 12th at Rt 95 NB exit 74 & Society Rd. B- 12,22,27,100 responded and found this sears delivery truck loaded with appliances on its side with a torn open roof. The driver self extricated and was transported by B-100 for evaluation. The truck ended up across from the exit ramp off the travel lanes of Society Rd, and for a change on this stretch
of road, traffic disruption was minimal. (Shafer)

MVA at the Sun 02/06/08

Around 10:30 Tribal FD responded to a one car over the embankment at the central power building. This located about 400' from the FD. The car crashed through the guardrail and tumbled down the rocky embankment to rest on side and roof against the buildings fence. The Tribe and —17 (Montville rescue) and American ambulance worked for about 40min to free two trapped occupants.

Five of the photos were provided by a Friend. Thanks!

Planfield MVA entrapment, 02-02-08

Plainfield Fire Dept responded to this car vs. tree at 256 RT-12 (Norwich Rd) The first unit arrived to find a Ford Explorer with heavy intrusion into the drivers area of the vehicle, and one occupant pinned. Mutual aid was requested from Jewett City for 2nd tool. Command request Life star for PT transport. American medics assisted with PT care.